TSA, KCI airport, OMG

I had to fly to dallas last week and drive a car back to kc for my father in law..

i hate to fly lol so i was allready tense and with all the bad stuff i keep seeing about the tsa
i wasnt really looking forward to it all

and man let me tell you i was really surprised at what i saw

the tsa agents were as professional and curtious and nice as they could have possibly been

they were fast, they didnt molest any children, they didnt beat up any handicapped people
no women were groped

these guys have a tough job. Can you imagin how they would feel if something slipped past them and a plane went down? I for one am glad there making
sure the wrong s-- dont get on any plane
that im on... flying is allready scary enough

I work with explosives. I recently flew from Colorado to California then to Pennsylvania and back to California with a multi-tool in my carry-on that
was literally caked in explosives(commercial and improvised).

I wasn't even aware it was in my bag until a SECOND trip to Pennsylvania when the X-ray machine dinged on it. The TSA employee swabbed the outside of
my bag for explosives and came up negative, then she rifled around in my bag till she found my obviously explosives encrusted multi-tool and did not
bother to swab it. Which saved me a big headache and a lot of time.
She then escorted me out of the security area so I could mail it back to myself. During our walk out of the security area I realized how many trips I
had made with it in my bag.
On my way back through security(explosives free at this point) I took the opportunity to inform her how incompetent they all were, and surprisingly
she agreed with me that the TSA was largely ineffectual.

Originally posted by watchitburn
Most of the TSA screeners are not bad folks.

But the TSA itself is incredibly inept.

I work with explosives. I recently flew from Colorado to California then to Pennsylvania and back to California with a multi-tool in my carry-on that
was literally caked in explosives(commercial and improvised).

I wasn't even aware it was in my bag until a SECOND trip to Pennsylvania when the X-ray machine dinged on it. The TSA employee swabbed the outside of
my bag for explosives and came up negative, then she rifled around in my bag till she found my obviously explosives encrusted multi-tool and did not
bother to swab it. Which saved me a big headache and a lot of time.
She then escorted me out of the security area so I could mail it back to myself. During our walk out of the security area I realized how many trips I
had made with it in my bag.
On my way back through security(explosives free at this point) I took the opportunity to inform her how incompetent they all were, and surprisingly
she agreed with me that the TSA was largely ineffectual.

Keep flying and one day...Well let's just say that when you think you're safe from these goons, you'll be raped in public. And it WILL happen. No
need to say more as it has been proven over and over and over...from babies to the elderly.

Speaking for myself--although I imagine a lot of people here might agree with me: It's not the TSA employees per se; it's how the current world
situation was contrived to make such an organization necessary. And, once it was necessary, the way it was implemented. I (we) feel betrayed,
manipulated, frustrated, angry and, worst of all, impotent to do anything about it.

Personally, I think we project our hatred of our circumstances and the people responsible onto TSA workers. Unfortunately they don't do much to
demonstrate that they don't deserve it....

Originally posted by goou111
anytime there doing there job and somone feels like there rights are being violated
its news

these guys get a bad rap and have a tough job

just felt like saying hey i appreciate you

In doing their jobs peoples rights are being violated. They restrict travel and people are presumed guilty of potential terrorism. It isn't even
uniform enforcement. You own a plane, or want to charter a plane, no TSA there. I guess terrorist cannot get a plane on their own or charter one. So
its just us poor people who have to fly in a big group of strangers who each has to prove before being authorized that we are not planning on blowing
up a plane with a big mac or a cherry coke.

They get a bad rap because the nature of their job is artificially effective, intrusive and simply shouldn't exist.

Congrats,you don't buy into the hype that is ATS and sites like it. If you were to believe some here,the TSA is full of child molesters and wanna be
cops on an ego trip.When in reality thousands fly every day with no problems and no children are molested.

Now,that's not to say there isn't issues with them.There certainly are.But you best believe it's over hyped,especially on sites like this.

YEA! I'm so happy to see this! KCI if by far my most favorite airport of any I have ever been to. And that's a lot. There is always a nice, calm and
friendly feeling there. I have always been treated with the utmost respect and friendliness. The one time I have been searched was there and the TSA
agents were as nice as could be and explained thoroughly why I was singled out, even neatly folding and wrapping back up things in my bag they had to
investigate.
Glad you had a pleasant experience as well!

Well it is kind of funny listening to the horror stories of TSA. My brother and dad have been waiting years to get molested by TSA and for some reason
the TSA always seems to turn them down.Guess their not as hot as they used to be.

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